Investment Newsletter, May 2011

Investment Newsletter No.15 focuses on an ambitious multilateral agenda for responsible business conduct.

OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

The updated OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises were adopted on 25 May 2011. This page provides access to the text, implementation procedures, commentaries and related documents.

New OECD guidelines to protect human rights and social development

Ministers from OECD and developing economies will today agree new guidelines to promote more responsible international business conduct by multinational enterprises, and a second set of guidelines to limit the use of conflict minerals.

OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

The 2011 OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises are far reaching recommendations for responsible business conduct that 42 adhering governments encourage their enterprises to observe wherever they operate.

Related Documents

• Linee Guida OCSE destinate alle Imprese Multinazionali
• OECD-Leitsätze für multinationale Unternehmen
• OECD:s Riktlinjer för multinationella företag
• Principes directeurs de l'OCDE à l'intention des entreprises multinationales

OECD:s Riktlinjer för multinationella företag

Swedish translation of the 2011 Guidelines by the Swedish National Contact Point.

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Corporate governance of state-owned enterprises in Asia

Established in 2005, the OECD-Asia Network on Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises aims to raise awareness and promote the use in Asian economies of the OECD Guidelines on Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises.

6th Meeting of the OECD Network on Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises in Asia

This meeting focused on recent progress in SOE reform, good practices in organising SOE boards of directors and sectoral examples of SOE governance in the financial and power sectors.

ICGLR-OECD-UN Meeting on implementing due diligence recommendations for responsible mineral supply chains

This ICGLR-OECD-UN meeting focused on implementation of the OECD-UN due diligence recommendations for responsible mineral supply chains.

Working group meeting on due diligence in the gold supply chain

The working group meeting on due diligence in the gold supply chain discussed specific due diligence recommendations tailored to the various actors in the gold supply chain.

Enhancing the role of the boards of directors of state-owned enterprises, OECD Corporate Governance Working Papers, No. 2

Board autonomy and competences is one of the key challenges in making state-owned enterprises operate on truly commercial terms. This paper examines the challenges facing SOE boards, relative to private enterprises and vis-à-vis their government owners, based on interviews with a large number of serving Chairs and other key board members.

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